As I was thinking about ways media can engage the audience, I immediately shifted my focus to ways I could engage my audience through our next project, creating a podcast. I began to think of ways that I have been engaged or influenced, and usually…
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In the book Influencer by Kerry Patterson and Joseph Grenny, the authors point out six sources of influence that must be followed in order to make a change in a person’s behavior: personal motivation, personal ability, social motivation, social ability, structural motivation and structural ability…
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Using audio and visual tools in the classroom is one area that I can definitely improve on! Teaching dance, I have to cut and edit music, but that’s about as far as I have gone into the audio tools. For editing music, I have used…
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In the TED talk, Three Myths of Behavior Change – What You Think You Know That You Don’t, Jenni Cross points out that our “greatest adversary” is common sense (2013). When she first says this, I felt myself become taken back a bit. Why did…
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Having taught many subjects and grade levels throughout my career as an educator, I have been exposed to many different digital learning tools! I love finding new and innovative ways to get the students’ attention while also reinforcing the material taught in the class. This…
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When I think about all the times ‘change’ has been promoted in the education environment I’ve been in, it’s always been geared towards our minds. Administration usually has a great idea they want to implement into the school or into our classrooms, but the push…
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This week in the ADL Program, we were asked to review and reflect on the following information: RSA Animate: How To Help Every Child Fulfil Their Potential The power of believing that you can improve | Carol Dweck Grit: the power of passion and perseverance…
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EDLD 5303 – 95 EDLD 5313 – 93 Another session completed! It is unreal how fast these 8-week sessions fly by! This set of classes was a little different than the last session because, well, life! This is a much busier season for me –…
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This week in the ADL program, we were asked to review and reflect on the following material: Rethinking Learning: The 21st Century Learner 21st Century Education vs. 20th Century Education What 60 Schools Can Tell Us About Teaching 21st Century Skills: Grant Lichtman at TEDxDenver…
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I have seen Untamed by Glennon Doyle everywhere since its release back in 2020. Not only does the cover immediately draw your attention, but the whole premise behind it does, too. The synopsis on Amazon says this book is the author’s memoir that “explores the…
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Along with teaching dance classes all day, I am also the Assistant Director for the Drill Team at school. I work 12+ hours every day, and even longer for Friday night football or any other performance day (including weekends). As anyone can imagine, I am…
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That’s a wrap on EDLD 5303! This class was so helpful at this point in my Master’s Program. Since we are using ePortfolios for the entire program and thereafter, it allowed us time to explore different websites and decide which worked best for us! As…
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Chapters 7-13 of the Cova eBook by Dwayne Harapniuik, Tilisa Thibodeaux, and Cynthia Cummings really dives deeper into what significant learning environments should look like and what the components of COVA really mean. The learning environments we should be creating for our students should be…
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“It is through the voice aspect of this process that makes the learning visible” Harapnuik, Thibodeaux, & Cummings, 2018) When implementing the CSLE + COVA strategies, one of the main aspects of this process is allowing students to find their voice with their learning. The…
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They’re baaackkkk!! Not sure if I am more excited to get the Holiday drinks from Starbucks or if I really just like the cups. The PSL has always been a fav of mine, but I have to say – the Toasted White Chocolate Mocha is…
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Creating ePortfolios for ourselves to use in this ADL program has really put the values we are being taught in action. We are living products of choice, ownership, voice and authentic learning opportunities. Going through this program with the same principals we are wanting to…
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For this week in the ADL program, we were asked to review and reflect on the following material: Mapping your Learners Journey Collecting dots vs connecting dots Aligning Outcomes, Activities, & Assessments Unfortunately, in the education world today, the focus is put so much on…
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The COVA eBook by Dwayne Harapnuik, Tilisa Thibodeaux, and Cynthia Cummings is a very easy read with many analogies to help the reader understand the content. The book starts out by giving an introduction to what COVA stands for (choice, ownership, voice, authentic learning) and…
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This week in the ADL Program, we were asked to review and reflect on the following material: Who owns the ePortfolio – Dr. Dwayne Harapnuik Do I Own My Domain If You Grade It? – Andrew Rikard The Web We Need to Give Students –…
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At the beginning of last year, I decided I wanted to partake in a reading challenge for 2020. I decided I would strive to read 20 books in the year 2020, and I surpassed that goal thanks to all the time off work due to…
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